First of all we have to define what is lawful permanent resident is. A lawful resident or also known as the LPR is an individual that has been granted a privilege to reside permanently in the United States of America as immigrant. This is accordance by the law of immigration that those statuses will not change. In some ways you can lose again this status of lawful permanent resident in two ways it is either by accident or by intentionally, especially if you are going to stay outside of the United States of America for a long time. Having this lawful permanent resident grant you should know what to avoid and some steps to protect your status.

            There are some ways on how to maintain your lawful permanent resident status in the US so here are some ways.

            Returning Residents:

            If you are returning to a permanent resident which is unrelinquished after having a absence temporarily in abroad which is not exceeding one year then you will have to present your Alien Registration Receipt Card or also known as the Green Card. If you exceed in one year you are not allowed to use your green card anymore but you will present your valid reentry permit. Other case is that if you exceed in one year staying abroad then you don't have any of the documents asking you to present then you can apply for a waiver if you can show good reason for failing or not presenting one of them.

            Reentry Permit:

            You can apply on this reentry permit by presenting it physically. Issuing of this determine that you as a lawful permanent resident. You can go abroad in 24 months having this reentry permit but it will not assure you by having this that you can reenter United States again.

            Filling of Taxes:

            The lawful resident is being taxed on income worldwide. You should have filed a tax return where you must have to be careful in considering some foreign earned income exclusions to avoid inspection of the CIS.

            Consequence of Certain Criminal Action:

            You may lose your lawful permanent resident status if you are engage in some criminal activity. Here are some of them:

• Murder
• Rape or sexually abusive to the minor
• Fraud deceit and tax evasion that exceeds $10,000
• Money laundering that exceeds $10,000
• Theft or any crime violence
• Owning, controlling a prostitution business
• Alien smuggling
• Fraud of documents or having a false passport
• Commercial bribery, forgery or counterfeiting
• Failure in appearing where it was been imposed a sentence to you
• Involving in some moral turpitude

Those are the information about the lawful permanent resident. If you are planning to get one of these you should know this information for you to avoid some of the restricted things where you will lose your lawful permanent resident status.